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| 12.09.2024 | U.S. to back two permanent U.N. Security Council Seats for Africa, Nigeria in focus | The United States has expressed support for creating two permanent seats for African nations on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), as part of ongoing efforts to reform the powerful global body. U.S.
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| 06.09.2024 |
Mortgage rates haven’t budged after the jobs report | Mortgage rates remained flat following a jobs report on Friday that continued to show a cooling labor market.
Mortgage rate pricing for homebuyers hasn’t changed significantly as lenders have already priced in a Federal Reserve rate cut of ... |
| 02.09.2024 | Analysis: China's economic malaise seen accelerating obesity rates | SHANGHAI: As China builds fewer houses and bridges, its consumers buy cheaper, less-healthy meals, and as factories and farms invest in automation, a new fiscal challenge is emerging - the country's obesity rate may grow much faster and add... |
| 29.08.2024 | The Shifting Sands of U.S. Foreign Policy: A Critical Look at Iran and the Middle East | The Middle East is a chessboard, and the pieces are moving. The U.S. has long been a player, but its strategy has faltered. The recent escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran is a stark reminder of this failure. The U.S. approach, ch... |
| 25.08.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Arie Perliger: America’s Iran policy is a failure – piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far
By Arie Perliger | By Arie Perliger
The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in recent months is frequently explained as another extension of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. After all, Hamas enjoys a close relationship with Iran, and both share the goal... |
| 21.08.2024 | Как ОАЭ стали страной, на 90% состоящей из мигрантов, и как власти с этим справляются | Арабский кнут и пряник в действии.
Меня зовут Руслан Галифанов, я основатель IT-компании VEA, которая создала систему для полиграфистов HelloPrint. По работе мне часто приходится бывать за границей. Но в Арабские Эмираты я поехал как турист... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Cybersecurity Chess Game: Astra Linux Under Scrutiny | In the world of cybersecurity, every move counts. The recent spotlight on Astra Linux, a Russian operating system, highlights the tension between national security and technological sovereignty. On August 14, 2024, the Council on Foreign Re... |
| 14.08.2024 | «Группа Астра» ответила на угрозы экспертов CFR задействовать спецслужбы и специалистов Open Source против Astra Linux | 14 августа 2024 года «Группа Астра» ответила на угрозы специалистов аналитического центра США из Совета по международным отношениям (Council on Foreign Relations, CFR) задействовать спецслужбы и специалистов Open Source против ОС Astra Linu... |
| 14.08.2024 | Аналитический центр США призвал задействовать спецслужбы и сообщество Open Source для оценки уровня защиты Astra Linux... | В рамках исследования уровня импортозамещения в РФ специалисты аналитического центра США из Совета по международным отношениям (Council on Foreign Relations, CFR) призвали задействовать спецслужбы и сообщество Open Source для понимания уров... |
| 12.08.2024 | Pakistan and the Middle East’s evolving approach to Afghanistan | With the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan approaching, the plight of ordinary Afghans is by no means over. Throughout its history, the strategic location of this landlocked country has proven to be more of a curse ... |
| 29.07.2024 | Indonesia keeps up hopes of hosting 2036 Olympics, as president-elect Prabowo meets IOC president in Paris | Listen to this article
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| 26.07.2024 | The Unfolding Tragedy in Gaza: A Humanitarian Crisis Deepens | The Gaza Strip is a cauldron of despair. Recent events have escalated the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels. The Israeli military's operations in Khan Yunis have resulted in staggering casualties. Reports indicate that over 70 peo... |
| 23.07.2024 | Dozens killed in Gaza after Israel evacuation order | GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Monday (Jul 22) that an Israeli operation in Khan Yunis killed 70 people and wounded more than 200, after the military warned it would "forcefully operate" in the area.
The... |
| 22.07.2024 | Netanyahu heads for Washington as Israel orders new Gaza evacuations | GAZA STRIP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Monday (Jul 22) to deliver a key speech, as the military ordered fresh evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis before sending in troops.
Netanyahu... |
| 18.07.2024 | The Crossroads of Biden's Legacy: A Critical Analysis | In the midst of a tumultuous political landscape, President Biden finds himself at a crossroads that could define his legacy. With the specter of Trump looming large, the pressure is on for Biden to make a strategic move that could shape th... |
| 18.07.2024 | Ex-CIA analyst accused of working for South Korea for luxury handbags | NEW YORK: US prosecutors have indicted a former CIA analyst and White House official on charges she worked as an agent of the South Korean government in exchange for designer handbags, high-priced dinners and other luxury goods.
Sue Mi Terr... |
| 13.07.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Diana Ohlbaum: How Biden can save democracy – and his legacy | Biden honestly believes that he, and he alone, can beat Trump, and that he, therefore, has an obligation to stay in the race. But after the first debate, that rationale has been thrown into question. The longer he waits to change course, th... |
| 27.06.2024 | S&P Global Announces Leadership Succession | Martina L. Cheung appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
Douglas L. Peterson to retire as CEO
Transition will occur on November 1, 2024; Mr. Peterson to remain with Company as special advisor until December 31, 2025
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| 30.05.2024 | Big picture: China boosts chip industry with massive new fund | China’s launch of its largest-ever semiconductor investment fund marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s drive for technological self-sufficiency. On May 24, China announced that Big Fund III, the third phase of the National Integrated Circu... |
| 28.05.2024 | U.S. vs. Europe: The new AI economic divide | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Economists are debating how AI might reshape the U.S. job market and boost productivity growth in the decades ahead. But a new paper finds that such benefits will be harder to match across the Atlanti... |
| 09.05.2024 | Health | Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It’s not a dire threat for most of us — yet | Mainly birds. Over the past few years, however, the H5N1 bird flu virus has increasingly jumped from birds into mammals around the world. The growing list of more than 50 species includes seals, goats, skunks, cats, and wild bush dogs at a ... |
| 09.05.2024 | Зашифрованный мессенджер Signal используется Госдепартаментом США для смены режимов за рубежом | Удивительно, что эта новость не получила широкой огласки, хотя её прокомментировали Павел Дуров, Джек Дорси, Илон Маск, Виталик Бутерин и многие другие. Издание City Journal, которое является пресс-центром Manhattan Institute (консервативны... |
| 08.05.2024 | Admiral Harry B. Harris, USN (Ret) Joins Beacon Global Strategies as Senior Advisor | WASHINGTON, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beacon Global Strategies (BGS), a leading strategic advisory firm focusing on global public policy, government procurement, and geopolitical risk analysis, today announced it will be expanding its Ind... |
| 26.04.2024 | Elections 2024: How cybersecurity and AI will play its part | Presented by Zscaler
2024 is a big year for elections. Dozens of parliamentary and presidential elections will take place, including the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico, and the threat of cyberattacks ... |
| 23.04.2024 | Ecuadorians vote to deploy more armed forces to fight crime wave | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Ecuadorians on Sunday overwhelmingly voted in favor of President Daniel Noboa's security measures, including the reinstatement of criminal extraditions and deploying more armed forces to fight crime.
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| 18.04.2024 |
Loan buybacks haven’t disappeared, but they are trending down | The loan repurchase trend that began to sting many mortgage originators in 2022 appears to finally be winding down, according to a recent report by Sterling Point Advisors and Augment Analytics.
The report, based on loan-level data from Fan... |
| 18.04.2024 | How the strong U.S. dollar is rippling through the world economy | Data: Yahoo Finance; Chart: Axios Visuals
With the world's finance ministers gathered in Washington this week, one topic is coming up over and over: A surge in the value of the U.S. dollar against most other major currencies is making life ... |
| 18.04.2024 | De-dollarization is not working out in China, where businesses are hanging onto their US dollars | Economy De-dollarization is not working out in China, where businesses are hanging onto their US dollars
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2024-04-18T09:10:02Z
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| 13.04.2024 | Israel is struggling to find and kill the top Hamas commanders it wants most | Military & Defense Israel is struggling to find and kill the top Hamas commanders it wants most
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2024-04-13T11:45:02Z
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| 09.04.2024 | What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, April 8 | We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list ... |
| 08.04.2024 | Will China flood globe with EVs? Here's what's behind latest US-China fight | China's burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new US-China trade fight, highlighted by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during her five-day visit to China and seized on by former Pre... |
| 17.03.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Robert Person: Putin’s eventual death will likely set off a vicious power struggle | By Robert Person
Two things are certain concerning Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
First, he will be reelected as president in the rigged election scheduled to run end today, March 17, 2024, by a resounding — if fraudulent — margin.
Second... |
| 13.03.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Laila El-Haddad: My family in Gaza faces starvation. How do I find solace this Ramadan? | By Laila El-Haddad
Ordinarily, the days leading up to Ramadan, the holy month when Muslims give up food and drink from dawn to dusk, are exuberant. My younger children and I would prepare “iftar jars” and food baskets with Ramadan staples, ... |
| 04.03.2024 | China might have a friendlier face now, but it's not giving up on its aggressive Wolf Warrior diplomacy, experts say | Politics China might have a friendlier face now, but it's not giving up on its aggressive Wolf Warrior diplomacy, experts say
Matthew Loh
2024-03-03T23:42:01Z
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| 02.03.2024 | VC Trae Stephens says he has a bunker (and much more) in talk about Founders Fund and Anduril | Last night, for an evening hosted by StrictlyVC, this editor sat down with Trae Stephens, a former government intelligence analyst turned early Palantir employee turned investor at Founders Fund, where Stephens has cofounded two companies o... |
| 01.03.2024 | Paramount+ and MultiChoice deal is significant for several reasons | In the last few months, Multichoice, Africa’s largest pay TV operator, has made headlines for several significant developments. Late last year, the company experienced a substantial $1.7 billion drop in share price over six months. This was... |
| 29.02.2024 | 52 countries saw "severe" declines in freedom last year, report finds | Source: Freedom House; Note: Index score based on aggregate political rights score (scale of 0–40) and its aggregate civil liberties score (scale of 0–60). The political rights and civil liberties scores are equally weighted to determine an... |
| 27.02.2024 | Africa Needs China for Its Digital Development - but At What Price? | Digital technologies have many potential benefits for people in African countries. They can support the delivery of healthcare services, promote access to education and lifelong learning, and enhance financial inclusion.
But there are obsta... |
| 27.02.2024 | Ecuador's war on gangs may not be sustainable, experts say | Authorities in Ecuador have arrested more than 10,000 people and seized record amounts of cocaine since launching an all-out offensive against criminal groups in January, but experts worry the crackdown is not sustainable over the long term... |
| 13.02.2024 | How Trump’s NATO comments escalate his disdain for America’s allies | Former President Trump's recent anti-NATO comments fit into his longtime disdain for the defensive alliance, but went a step further with the suggestion he'd stand by Russia if it invaded a NATO ally.
The big picture: The comments from the ... |
| 05.02.2024 | What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, February 5 | We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list ... |
| 05.02.2024 | African Agriculture talks alfalfa farming and boosting food security in the continent’s Sahel region | Food insecurity is a perennial problem for the Sahel region in West Africa.
The area is highly vulnerable to climate change, with temperatures increasing 1.5 times faster than the global average and intense periods of rainfall and drought g... |
| 19.01.2024 | Biden forgives another $5 billion in student loans for 74K borrowers | The Biden administration on Friday announced another $5 billion in debt forgiveness for 74,000 student loan borrowers.
Why it matters: Although the Supreme Court blocked Biden's signature student loan forgiveness plan, his administration ha... |
| 11.01.2024 | China's property market is failing. These are the 3 new growth areas Beijing is focusing on to pull itself out of a tailspin. | Economy China's property market is failing. These are the 3 new growth areas Beijing is focusing on to pull itself out of a tailspin.
Huileng Tan
2024-01-11T08:57:37Z
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| 10.01.2024 | Bad news, Beijing: Real-estate booms like the one in China nearly always end with a major banking crisis | Real Estate Bad news, Beijing: Real-estate booms like the one in China nearly always end with a major banking crisis
Huileng Tan
2024-01-10T08:10:14Z
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| 06.01.2024 | Pandemic Preparedness for CDMOs: Will It Be Different Next Time? | When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) became indispensable partners to the biopharmaceutical companies that developed vaccines, rapidly producing billions of urgently needed vaccine dos... |
| 29.12.2023 | North Korea has a growing arsenal of sub-launched missiles that might not fit in the subs meant to launch them | Military & Defense North Korea has a growing arsenal of sub-launched missiles that might not fit in the subs meant to launch them
Benjamin Brimelow
2023-12-29T00:27:01Z
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| 28.12.2023 | Why 50 million Africans may go hungry next year | The United Nations predicts that nearly 50 million Africans will go hungry next year. That means the continent’s hunger crisis will affect over 300 million residents. It will also be the highest number of people entering this bracket in a s... |
| 19.12.2023 | S&P’s Stablecoin Report Is a Vote of Confidence for Crypto | S&P Global Ratings, the storied ratings agency known for assessing the stability of banks, credit facilities and other financial institutions and products, has turned its eyes to stablecoins, giving its first wide-ranging synopsis of th... |
| 15.12.2023 | China's risky maneuvers around the US military are part of a long-running plan to use 'the enemy to train the troops' | Military & Defense China's risky maneuvers around the US military are part of a long-running plan to use 'the enemy to train the troops'
Christopher Woody
2023-12-15T13:18:16Z
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| 28.11.2023 | US, UK and 16 other countries sign new AI pact | Eighteen countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have signed a 20-page agreement which states companies must develop artificial intelligence (AI) that keeps people “secure by design”.
The pact, which was revealed on Sun... |
| 27.11.2023 | Switzerland, one of the world's richest countries, is trying to host the cheapest Winter Olympics ever | Switzerland is eyeing the Olympics — and looking to pinch some pennies. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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It convinced local sports federations to back its bid by pledgin... |
| 27.11.2023 | A teacher who lived in Dubai and Qatar for 10 years to save money shares what it was like — and why moving back to Ireland was a relief | Coyle said she saved six figures and used 70,000 euros to buy a house in Ireland after teaching in Doha, Qatar, for four years. Courtesy of Sorcha Coyle This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider ... |
| 24.11.2023 | Get ready for a 2024 election that could have an outsized impact on stocks and the world economy, Lazard's top strategist says | Historically, Wall Street hasn't cared much about who's in the White House.
But the 2024 presidential election could change that, according to Lazard's top strategist.
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| 22.11.2023 | What are the Trading Rules for Muslims? | Islam has provided guidelines and principles for all aspects of a Muslim’s life, including finances and business. When it comes to trading and investing, Muslims have to adhere to certain Islamic laws and practices. Here are some of the key... |
| 12.11.2023 | Commentary | Opinion: Jorge Heine: Reaction to Gaza siege has exposed the rift between the West and the Global South | By Jorge Heine
The lopsidedness was stark: 120 countries voted in favor of a resolution before the United Nations on Oct. 26, 2023, calling for a “humanitarian truce” in the war in Gaza. A mere 14 countries voted against it.
But the numbers... |
| 07.11.2023 | A millennial who moved from London to Bahrain says she loves her cheaper, sunnier, and safer new home | Real Estate A millennial who moved from London to Bahrain says she loves her cheaper, sunnier, and safer new home
Mark Ellwood
2023-11-07T10:19:01Z
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| 29.10.2023 | Educated Gen Zers in China are choosing not to work. It could be a problem for the US economy. | Graduates attend 2023 Tsinghua University Commencement Ceremony on June 24, 2023 in Beijing, China. Yuan Yi/Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images
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Youth unemployment in China hit a record high of 21% in May.
There's a major mis... |
| 26.10.2023 | The 300: Disney’s Beijing Staff Cuts in the US-China Competition Crossfire | US corporations are having to increasingly juggle concerns of data privacy and human rights alongside profit margins and growth in their dealings with China. Disney looks to be the latest, but certainly not the last, corporation to adjust i... |
| 21.10.2023 | 50 years after another devastating surprise attack, Israel is facing a different kind of war that will be tougher to fight | Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to soldiers near the Gaza border on October 19. Israeli Defense Ministry/Ariel Hermoni/Anadolu via Getty Images
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| 18.10.2023 | With a trove of declassified images, the US is shining a light on risky Chinese maneuvers it says could lead to war | A Chinese fighter jet during "a coercive and risky" intercept of a US plane over the South China Sea in June 2022. US Defense Department
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| 15.10.2023 | Commentary | Guest opinion: Aaron Pilkington: In the Israel-Hamas war, no matter who loses, Iran wins | By Aaron Pilkington
There will be only one winner in the war that has broken out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. And it is neither Israel nor Hamas.
In an operation coined “the Al-Aqsa Storm,” Hamas, whose formal na... |
| 08.10.2023 | Politics | Israel declares war with Hamas | Israel has declared war with Hamas in response to a surprise attack Saturday when thousands of deadly rocket attacks targeted the country and after hundreds of militants poured over the border from the Gaza Strip, killing at least 700.
Isra... |
| 07.10.2023 | What is Hamas? | Palestinian militants drive back to the Gaza Strip with the body of an Israeli soldier on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas, a Palestinian political and military group that governs the Gaza Strip, carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attac... |
| 06.10.2023 | Pentagon Says It Shot Down Turkish Drone Over Syria; Turkish Military Says It Was Not Theirs | The Pentagon announced that one of its F-16 jets shot down a Turkish drone over Syria on Thursday. The U.S. and Turkey are both NATO members and in principle allies, but their interests diverge in Syria. The drone, which had been attacking ... |
| 28.09.2023 | Iranian forces dangerously flashed a laser at a US Marine Corps attack helicopter | An AH-1Z Viper helicopter attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jared Sabins/Re... |
| 22.09.2023 | Frozen Russian assets should be taxed to fund Ukraine's rebuild, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says | Economy Frozen Russian assets should be taxed to fund Ukraine's rebuild, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says
George Glover
2023-09-22T15:28:59Z
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| 21.09.2023 | ICC War Crimes Tribunal Paralyzed Following Major Hacking Attack on Digital Systems | John Lopez, Tech Times 21 September 2023, 01:09 pm
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) finds itself entangled in a web of digital chaos as it grapples with the aftermath of a major hacking incident.
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| 13.09.2023 | North Korea's new missile sub looks kind of shoddy, but the US and its allies can't afford to ignore it | North Korea launches new tactical nuclear attack submarine, according to KCNA. KCNA/REUTERS
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| 01.09.2023 | South Korea is working on an 'arsenal ship' in case it has to shower North Korea with missiles | Military & Defense South Korea is working on an 'arsenal ship' in case it has to shower North Korea with missiles
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2023-08-31T21:31:01Z
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| 22.08.2023 | Cambodian parliamentarians elect Hun Sen’s son, Hun Manet, as new PM | Cambodia’s national assembly has officially elected the eldest son of outgoing premier Hun Sen to be the country’s new prime minister, a transition of power likened by some to a Southeast Asian version of North Korea’s dynastic leadership.
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| 07.08.2023 | Crypto’s Path Forward Could Follow the Financial World's Departure From LIBOR | The world is officially done with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which was a benchmark lending rate that drove the financial industry, and therefore the business world, for more than four decades.
Starting this month, the Secure... |
| 31.07.2023 | Hamas asks Palestinian president to end collaboration with Israel | Hamas leader called on Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas to end security collaboration with Israel and political arrest. Image by flickr.com
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday 30 July 2023 called on Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas to... |
| 24.07.2023 | Al-Shabaab threatens Kenya’s rural northeast as killings escalate | Al-Shabaab group has threatened the northeast of Kenya as roadside bombs and attacks killed dozens of people. Image by flickr.com
In Kenya’s rural northeast, roadside bombs and beheadings that killed two dozen people last month appear to be... |
| 23.07.2023 | Polls close in flawed Cambodian election, PM Hun Sen win expected | Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Voting has ended in Cambodia’s national election and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) is expected to secure an easy victory in what critics have described as the country’s least free and fair el... |
| 14.07.2023 | The Future Of Infrastructure | CEO of Fernweh Group, Chairman of Avail Infrastructure Solutions and Chairman of Ayna.AI. |
| 14.07.2023 | China Launches First Thorium Reactor, Now Offers Cleaner, More Sustainable Energy Than Uranium Plants | John Lopez, Tech Times 14 July 2023, 04:07 pm
China has achieved a significant milestone in its pursuit of advanced nuclear technologies by launching its first thorium reactor.
The South China Morning Post reports that this two-megawatt liq... |
| 12.07.2023 | Israeli raid on West Bank refugee camp cut water access for thousands, left 173 homeless, U.N. says | The U.N.'s humanitarian agency says thousands of people living in the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank still have no reliable access to fresh water a week after Israel's military carried out a deadly, two-day raid on the... |
| 12.07.2023 | China has a reputation for exporting shoddy weapons, but its sales may get a boost from Russia's blunders in Ukraine | Visitors look at models of Chinese tanks and missiles at the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum in Beijing in July 2017. Simon Song/South China Morning Post via Getty Images
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| 28.06.2023 | 'Obama,' 'Trump gets impeached twice' and the other top political references in Fall Out Boy's new cover of the Billy Joel classic 'We Didn't Start the Fire' | A composite image of Barack Obama, Donald Trump, the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, and Egyptian protesters during Arab Spring. AP Images/Getty Images
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| 27.06.2023 | Strengthening Philippine-China Relations: Rebuilding Economic And Social Trust | Trade and investment foster shared interests and motivations. For China and the Philippines, greater economic interdependence could provide a basis for rebuilding trust as tensions rise in the South China Sea.
In a 2019 opinion poll, 54 per... |
| 25.06.2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Krista Wiegand: China and the U.S. are locked in struggle – and Blinken’s visit is only a start to improving relations | By Krista Wiegand
In the weeks building up to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China on June 18-19, 2023, there was a lot of uncertainty in both the United States and China about the purpose and possible outcomes of the vis... |
| 23.06.2023 | Почему искусственный интеллект спасёт мир | Перед вами перевод эссе Марка Андриссена, одного из влиятельнейших людей в технологическом мире. Один из пяти пионеров Интернета, награждённых премией королевы Елизаветы в области техники за «выдающиеся достижения в инженерии, изменившие ми... |
| 18.06.2023 | Can You Sanctions-Proof a Government? | Editor’s Note: Sanctions are an important U.S. and allied policy instrument, but one that often fails to achieve the most ambitious policy objectives. Using Russia as an example, MIT’s Caileigh Glenn assesses the different ways that targets... |
| 16.06.2023 | Iran Update, June 15, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, June 16 - Iran Update, June 15, 2023
Ashka Jhaveri, Amin Soltani, Johanna Moore, and Nicholas Carl
The Iran Update aims to inform national security policy by providing timely, relevant, and independent open-source analysis of d... |
| 15.06.2023 | The Dynamics of the Ukrainian IT Army’s Campaign in Russia | Our understanding of cyber operations is almost entirely driven by defenders. Reports from cybersecurity companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies offer a view into what and whom cyber operations target, but this perspect... |
| 12.06.2023 | Council On Foreign Relations Burns EARN IT To The Ground In Powerful Post Criticizing Its Anti-Encryption Aims | The EARN IT Act (the tortured acronym stands for Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act) has been bad news ever since its introduction way back in March of 2020. The bill’s original backers were all people w... |
| 09.06.2023 | Why The PGA Tour Should Not Help Distract From Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Abuses | By joining forces with the Saudi government in such a high-profile partnership, the PGA is providing ... [+] MBS with significant international credibility and respectability, which still is not warranted.PGA TOUR |
| 06.06.2023 | Why AI Will Save the World | The era of Artificial Intelligence is here, and boy are people freaking out.
Fortunately, I am here to bring the good news: AI will not destroy the world, and in fact may save it.
First, a short description of what AI is: The application ... |
| 02.06.2023 | Creative Technologies Are Necessary To Combat Climate Change | Saryu Nayyar is CEO of Gurucul, a provider of behavioral security analytics technology and a recognized expert in cyber risk management. |
| 01.06.2023 | Two Visions of Digital Sovereignty | If bipartisan agreement in the United States is rare, in at least one area, it is increasingly clear: “economic security is national security.” As global events have pushed Europe and the United States closer together, the convergence of th... |
| 29.05.2023 | Power Politics, Critical Minerals and Carbon Emissions | Critical minerals have become a buzz-word in contemporary foreign and domestic policy for all states. Likely because it has emerged as a major geopolitical issue wedged between the realist power struggles of US-China hyper-competition. At b... |
| 23.05.2023 | Age: From Demographics To National Competitiveness | The Aging Readiness & Competitiveness ReportAARP |
| 21.05.2023 | The Biden Administration’s Dangerous Grand Strategy | Editor's Note: The United States is in an era of great power competition, arming Ukraine against Russia and seeking to contain Chinese aggressiveness. But are U.S. policies making the problem worse? My Brookings colleague Melanie Sisson arg... |
| 17.05.2023 | At Hiroshima, Will an Energized Japan Reconnect a Fracturing World? | Editor’s Note: Japan is hosting a G-7 Summit in Hiroshima later this week, and it showcases Tokyo’s determination to be a significant security and economic leader. My Brookings colleague Mireya Solis assesses Japan’s ambitions and approach ... |
| 15.05.2023 | The FISA Section 702 Debate Intensifies | In 2008, Congress amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by adding Section 702, allowing the U.S. government to acquire critically important intelligence from foreign targets using U.S. telecommunications services. As Dire... |
| 12.05.2023 | Ethiopia needs an all-inclusive peace process led by women | Six months have passed since a cessation of hostilities agreement was reached to end the two-year war in northern Ethiopia. The deal, signed by the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) under the auspices of the A... |
| 01.05.2023 | To Restrict, or Not to Restrict, That Is the Quantum Question | Innovation power—the ability to invent, scale, and adapt emerging technologies—will determine which country prevails in the great power competition of the 21st century. Export controls accordingly assume a central position in the U.S. forei... |
| 27.04.2023 | 911? We Have an Emergency: Cyberattacks On Emergency Response Systems | Cyber problems are people problems. When thinking about “cyber,” many people automatically default to thinking about interconnected hardware or software. This is not entirely incorrect. Interconnected computer systems are part of “cyber,” b... |
| 25.04.2023 | What Facebook Does (and Doesn’t) Have to Do with Ethiopia’s Ethnic Violence | In December 2022, the son of slain Ethiopian professor Meareg Amare Abrha was among those who filed a lawsuit against Meta, the owner of Facebook. The constitutional petition, which was filed in Kenya – home to a Meta moderating hub – alleg... |
